New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that aspirin may block the growth of colorectal tumours that were known to have a specific gene mutation. Researchers affiliated with the Harvard Medical School reported that aspirin was associated with a prolonged life of patients with tumours that carried the mutated PIK3CA…
DetailsLeading cancer expert says recent study adds further support for a randomised clinical trial of aspirin for cancer prevention. New research published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, a journal of the Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology, showed regular aspirin may decrease the risk of ovarian cancer. Ovarian Cancer is the ninth most…
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Federal Minister launches ASPREE in Adelaide The Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing described the ASPREE study as an incredibly important piece of medical research during the official opening of the new clinical centre in Adelaide on September 21, 2012. He said the ASPREE study ticked a number of boxes: it addressed…
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Humble hero or hidden villain? The ongoing story of aspirin’s powers. by Professor Andrew Tonkin The humble aspirin has a remarkable history dating back to ancient Egyptian times when the bark of weeping willow (which contains salicin from which the aspirin formulation is derived) was found to have anti-inflammatory properties. And Hippocrates wrote about the…
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Bendigo’s postive and active ageing newsetter ‘Zoom’, features a story on ASPREE’s Lynn O’Neill and her incredible knitting skills this month. Lynn moved from Melbourne to Central Victoria in late 2010, a move she hasn’t regretted. Read her story from Issue 3 Spring 2012 here: There was a time when local nurse Lynn O’Neill’s dream…
DetailsOver 150 people marked the 500th participant in the ACT to be enrolled in the healthy ageing study, ASPREE (ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly) at a morning tea in Canberra today. ASPREE, the largest ever primary prevention aspirin study in Australians aged 70 and over, is investigating whether aspirin can delay or prevent the…
DetailsPopular morning radio personalities Ross and John on Melbourne radio station 3AW, interviewed Prof Andrew Tonkin, ASPREE senior investigator and Head of Cardiovascular Research Unit, Monash University about aspirin and the ASPREE trial. Hear Andrew discuss the pros and cons of aspirin and what the ASPREE study is really about. Click here to listen (run time…
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Research findings by Rothwell et al, (two in ‘The Lancet’ and one in ‘The Lancet Oncology’) to hit the media today are suggesting that daily aspirin can be used to help prevent and possibly treat cancer. Professor John McNeil, Principal Investigator of the ASPREE study in Australia puts these papers in context: The new research…
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“Recent headlines that ‘a daily dose of aspirin may do more harm than good’ have been described by one of Australia’s foremost experts on the drug as crude, sensational and likely to cause undue concern among Australians….” Read Professor Mark Nelson’s full interview published in the Australian Ageing Agenda in response to a UK aspirin study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, :
Earlier this week more than 250 people marked the first anniversary of the Monash University-led healthy ageing study ASPREE (ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly) at separate functions in Ballarat and Traralgon, Gippsland. The events were also a time to celebrate the recruitment of the 250th ASPREE participant from each region. ASPREE, the largest…
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